On Mon, Sep 02, 2002 at 04:24:24PM -0500, Jeric wrote:
Hi, What is the difference between wine and wineX? Is wineX /just/ for games, or can it do applications also? Because it looks like it has better support for games then wine, but I haven't seen anything as to applications that is supports. Is it possible to run both at the same time (wineX for my games, and wine for applications?)
WineX is optimized for games. No applications were enhanced. WINE itself has been greatly enhanced after winex has been split off to run applications better. (The whole CrossOver Office changes have been merged back in there for instance).
What is an inexpensive way to do this if Wine or WineX is not the way to go? I looked at VMWare, but almost 300 dollars is a little much with its current limitations, and no upgrade insurance. Hardware requirements (i.e. extra ram, hdd space, cpu power, etc.) are not an issue.
WINE does not cost anything to try. WineX has a subscription based model, see http://www.transgaming.com. Ciao, Marcus